Crumb doesn’t follow any organized religion; in fact, he might be an atheist. In the introduction, he tells us that he doesn’t believe that the Bible is the Word of God, or even inspired by God. Yet he strove to produce the most straightforward, faithful-to-the-text, illustrated version of Genesis… comicsworthreading.com

Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi‘s wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution…randomhouse.com

A graphic novel that prove this genre is about more than colorful spandex-ed superheroes. Timely and pertinent.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a living memorial, inspiring citizens to confront hatred, promote human dignity and prevent genocide. Read the rest of this entry »

Think about it…

This post is not about religion, it’s about architecture. Not just architecture, but unusual architecture, and to be more exact – unusual churches.

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone…John Selden

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